Nick Cave explains origins of new Bad Seeds ‘Wild God’ album title and shares alternative names

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Nick Cave has opened up about the the origins of the title of his new ‘Wild God’ album with the Bad Seeds and has also revealed what some of the album’s alternative names were.The album arrives later this week (August 30) and has been co-produced by Warren Ellis.

You can pre-order it here. The LP will be comprised of 10 songs and sees the band move between themes of convention and experimentation – introducing left-turns that heighten the rich imagery and emotive narratives created by the frontman.It’s been previewed so far by a number of singles including ‘Long Dark Night’, the album’s titular track and ‘Frogs’.In response to a fan who had wrote in to his website, The Red Hand Files, Cave opened up about where the title of the poem came from.

The fan who had written in shared that he had written a poem called ‘Wild God’ and wondered if Cave had read this.Cave replied: “I am aware of your poem, although I came upon my ‘Wild God’ entirely independently of your ‘Wild God’.

As a friend suggested, perhaps the same ‘Wild God’ was just ‘doing the rounds’ looking for someone new to write about him!“At the end of November last year, Warren and I were at Dave Fridmann’s studio, Tarbox Road, in Cassadaga, New York, which is basically just a cabin in the woods.